I was at my neighbor's house today and they have some very interesting things in their back  yard.  They have numerous bird houses - I just photographed a couple.  I was hoping one would have birds in it, but no such luck. Some of their flowers are just a little past prime, but they were …
Day 167 – Working with Macro and Depth of Field
I'm still working with my new macro lens and depth-of-field. Â I've found that even when I use a small aperture, the depth-of-field is still fairly shallow with the macro lens. Â And with a large aperture, the depth-of-field is miniscule. Â And it changes quite a bit just moving a few inches from the subject. All of …
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Day 166 – Firecracker Sunflowers
I love sunflowers. Â Whatever color or size they are, I love them. Â My favorite is the great, big monster sunflower. Â I went to a local garden center hoping to find one of the big sunflower plant (or even seeds) and everyone else must like them too because there wasn't a giant sunflower plant or see …
Day 155 – In the Garden
Day three and the wind had finally died down. There was a beautiful garden at the place we were staying and I spent part of the morning taking photos of the flowers. There were many flowers that I had no idea what they were. Â I guess I need to buy a book to identify flowers. …
Day 154 – Fog Rolling In
On day two of our coastal adventure we woke to heavy, thick fog. Â It was so foggy that we see the ocean and a heavy mist was soaking everything. Â Often, when it is foggy on the coast, it lifts as you go inland. Â So we took a drive up the Rogue River. I'd read about …
